Updates for August

Awe August. We had such a blast this month. Here are the highlights: The girls went back to school yeah, we went to a pool party, had a couple of bbqs, a camping trip I set up my preschool room, went to a couple of back to school parties, ikea shopping, game nights, and movie nights, couple of trips to the zoo, Kamryn turned two, and then ended it all with a game of mud football. I'm so sad summer is ending but can't wait for the holidays and cooler weather. So long summer.

All in A Days Work

My aunt sent me this adorable video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6ujADXp0dM and I had Tim watched it with me. With skepticism he said he doubts if moms really do that much in a day, and so this is for you babe:

• 6:25 A.M. Help hubby find keys and Wallet


• Got girls ready for school


• Packed lunch


• Found Kylee’s shoes and backpack


• Got juice and snacks for Kamryn


• Walked girls to bus stop gave kisses and hugs


• Walked back home carrying Kamryn—stroller next time


• Weeded the front yard Kam tried to help—kissed a booboo and put on bandage


• Took out trash


• Load of laundry


• Ate Brownie for Breakfast
• Talked to Hubby on phone
  
• Took Kams to the bathroom, wiped her, washed her potty, new panties, washed our hands
  
• 8:00 cleaned front room


• Talk to a lawyer well a not so intelligent assistant complete waste of time
  
• 8:30 played with playdo


• Dishes how could it possible take 30 minutes to do if I have a dishwasher?


• Kinda took a shower when Kamryn sprayed me down while helping with the dishes


• Danced around a bit
  
• Took Kams to the bathroom again


• Got baby apple Jack and I ate a burrito I made last night that no one ate mmmm Brownie, and Burrito for Breakfast


• cleaned toilets with Lysol It kinda smells like Pepto, minty fresh
  
• Switched laundry
  
• Took out some of the trash Tim missed—I have little trash cans throughout the house, like it helps.


• Did another load of laundry mostly towels from the Swim party on Saturday
  
• Cleaned out the lint in the dryer—awe Tim aren’t you proud
  
• Washed hands for the 7th time


• 9:30 got Kam dressed second outfit of the day
  
• Sang Kings of Leon at the top of my lungs just for the neighbors


• Potty break for Kams pulled down her pullup and a surprised plopped out onto the floor washed, no scrubbed the floor—GROSS this is like natural birth control for all you reading this without kids, at least the bathroom smells like pepto. I should have known she always waits a few seconds after I put on new panties. Wiped her and washed our hands again and got her dressed again


• Got her some juice—she’s super Grumpy today
  
• 9:30 cleaned front room picked up 6 pairs of shoes and 5 singles maybe I’m housing centipedes
  
• Caught Kams with chocolate put down the pile of shoes
  
• Held her to console her broken heart—REFRIDGERATOR RAIDOR


• Put clothes on her again—Nudist
  
  



• Gave her a ride on the girls bikes—yes bikes in the house
  
• Played drums with Kam in the garage


• Found her band aid stuck to the wall
  
  



• put a third band aid on her
  
• Found another shoe in the cushion of the couch?


• Had a drink-- : ) it was water


• Fixed Kams balloon animal we got from Ikea---LOVE IKEA


• Vacuumed living room while holding Kams while she was holding 2 puppies and a bunny—so disappointed in the parents who removed the two extra arms off of daughter, don’t they know it’s evolution


• 10:00 Finished that room it took a little longer than usually but that’s because Kam’s usually sleeping


• Potty break again—freaked out when I saw brown all over her leg—whew it tastes like chocolate only teasing I didn’t taste it. I had forgotten about her chocolate raid earlier.


• Washed hands and hosed Kam down in the Kitchen sink
  
• Put on band aid 4 decided to wrap it—with all the hand washing and bandages it reminds me of working at the Mayo clinic.


• I think I’ll let her run around in just her undies for a little while


• Push Kams stuffed animals around in the stroller
  
• 10:15 another load of laundry found a dollar yeah me
  
• Got a snack for the baby


• 10:30 the kitchen UGH I should let Tim clean it but he did give me a candle lit massage last night dang it so I’ll be nice


• Emptied dishwasher soaked pots and pans
  
  
• Shared a burrito with Kams—told you I had lots of left overs


• Dance around


• Took her to the bathroom. The little turd took her band aid off again


• 12:00 finished the Kitchen normally it doesn’t take that long but I had to mop
  
• Potty break


• Rocked Kam while watching Baby Einstein hoping she’s take a nap


• 1:00 I guess she’s not going to sleep, made peanut butter and honey sandwiches of course she opened hers and stuck it to the floor—yes dear peanut butter sticks congratulations
  
• Exhausted serves me right having brownies for breakfast
  
• Took Kam to the bathroom—to late washed hands again
  
• Ate a grapefruit which tastes nothing like grapes or fruit that woke me up
• Finished cleaning the living room
  
• Let fatty in so he could lick up any of Kams messes and entertain her


• Got Kam dressed lost count of her wardrobe changes put bandage on her again and wrapped it.


• Locked dog in bathroom, stupid dork still isn’t house broken well I guess Technically neither is Kamryn


• Vacuumed Kam finally fell asleep


• Laundry
  
• Took out recycling
  
• 2:00 babies asleep should I shower—na I still have to go pick up the girls in the hot sun
  
• Called mortgage company about loan modification put on hold
  
• Still on hold checking email only 12, 323 more to go—Hate EMAIL
  
• Charging cell phone to text Sabrina not able to attend Jordans party
  
• Bad news again—BROWNIES will fix it
  
• 2:40 washed face and got all pretty
  
• Watered plants and research—Research ROCKS


• Picked girls up
  
• Potty break again but this time bathroom smells like a stinky dog yuck
  
• Homework
  
• Boiled eggs for snacks


• Worked for 4-8
  
• 8:00 Ate lasagna
  
• Family home evening
  
• Put kids to bed
  
• Showered RINSE AND REPEAT TOMMORROW
  
  I love being a mom and wouldn’t trade that for anything in the world.
  
  Have you hug a mom lately.

Mortgage Madness

Ok why is it, when it rains it pours. Tim’s hours have now been cut to part time so our income has been cut more than in half and coincidently our mortgage decides to jump up $500 a month. I was able to negotiate with the escrow department to spread out our payments to the max so instead of having to pay $1900 a month it’s down to $1700 yeah, but it’s still $300 more than when Tim was working full Tim and had his bonuses and extra income on the side. I’m going to contest our property taxes but after that I’m all out of ideas. And I was a little upset with our $600 electric bill and when I called to ask why it double the lady just replied it was hotter this month. I guess it’s a packing we will go. I guess life was getting a little to easy. It reminds me of my English professor who gave me my first D in my life and when I ask what was wrong with my paper he said nothing, but he knew it wasn’t my best and he wasn’t going to let me coast through his class, and he knew I was this amazing writer and he had all these wonderful hopes and visions for my future—um clearly he didn’t read my transcripts, because I was a Med Student not an English major, but I do have to secretly admit I have notebooks full of books I’ve written and I’m a passionate writer, it’s my therapy, any time I’m stressed I write and I love it. Dang it old people and their wisdom. I’m still praying for a miracle. It was so adorable our little neighbor girl said she had a dollar she could give me so we wouldn’t have to move because Kiora and Kylee are like her BFFs. I guess I have to reluctantly turn the next chapter in my life, but ecstatic, the big guy has so much faith in me to give me such a handful of challenges. I guess being a personal trainer I can see it in a good way,
without resistance, there’s no rippling pectorals. grrrrrr --"He'll be back" hopefully with some pants


***Picture credits* google images armchairspasm.wordpress.com/2008/07/ and www.moonbattery.com/archives/2007/09/

Most Amazing Husband!!!

Tim by the ASU building he designed

I just have to give a shout out to my adorably sexy and perfect husband who amazes me more and more each day. The other night Tim kept coming in my office telling me to hurry and log off of work and come eat dinner in an almost giddy fashion. I remember thinking geese what's the hurry it's just food, but when I walked into the kitchen I saw what all the fuss was about. He had flowers on the table, Frank Sinatra playing, the girls watching a movie in their bedroom, candles lit and my favorite crystal glasses from Italy out and he sweetly pulled out my chair and fed me the dinner he made on our china. He smiled and said he just wanted me to feel rich no matter what happens. We danced and had a great night, and we went swimming around 10. It makes me smile because I could care less about our money situation—I could honestly be happy living out of my car on a beach somewhere, but he’s trying so hard to make me feel pampered and taken care of regardless of our circumstances. He’s been so amazing, it was so adorable when his hours we cut again to part time he broke the news to me like this “I have some really great news, you know how you like to spend all your time with me, well you’re going to see me around a lot more because my hours have been cut again—yeah. I know he’s so stressed out about everything, but yet he still takes time to enjoy the simple things and make my life so perfect. I LOVE YOU BABE.